Creston Police report today (Wednesday), 40-year old Crystal Huddleson, of Creston, was arrested at around 3-a.m. today, for Domestic Abuse Assault, and Disorderly Conduct. Huddleson was booked into the Adams County Jail and held while awaiting a bond hearing. And, at around 7-p.m. Tuesday, 39-year old Matthew Auten, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of Theft in the 4th Degree. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.

CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for an Iowa couple and their children who died at a Mexican resort. A visitation is set for Friday at the Powers Funeral Home in Creston for 41-year-old Kevin Sharp and his wife, 38-year-old Amy Sharp, and their children, 12-year-old Sterling and 7-year-old Adrianna.

A Mexican prosecutor says a gas leak in a water heater is suspected of killing them inside their rented condominium in Tulum. Their bodies were found Friday. The Des Moines Register reports that a memorial service is scheduled for Saturday afternoon in the gymnasium at Southwestern Community College in Creston, where Amy and Kevin Sharp took classes. The burial will be closed to the public.

Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County, arrested 18-year old Charles Lee Shadbolt, of Villisca, late Tuesday night. He was arrested on a valid Montgomery County bench warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance. Shadbolt was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

A collision in Red Oak Tuesday evening caused an estimated total of $12,500, but no one was injured. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the accident happened at around 5:30-p.m. in the 1200 block of E. Summit Street, in Red Oak, as a 1985 Chevy Blazer driven by 19-year old Christian Cole Terry, of Red Oak, was backing out of a private driveway. The SUV hit an eastbound 2015 Toyota Tundra, driven by 70-year old Roger Lee Shaw, of Red Oak. Deputies cited Terry for Failure to Yield upon entering a through highway.

Republicans and many Democrats in the legislature have voted for a bill they say will help Iowans who buy individual insurance policies get cheaper options. One part of the bill would let the Iowa Farm Bureau sell “health benefit plans” from Wellmark. The other part gives small businesses more latitude to form “associations” to buy group insurance. The plans would NOT be subject to Affordable Care Act regulations.

“Our people at home are really desperate to have some options for health insurance at this time.” That’s Representative Dawn Pettengill, a Republican from Mount Auburn. Republican Senator Dan Zumbach, of Ryan, says “ObamaCare” regulations have made insurance policies too expensive for many Iowans who don’t qualify for federal subsidies.

“Nearly 30,000 people cannot get insurance,” Zumbach said. “…This bill is about getting those people insured.” Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen of Des Moines says the plans are not insurance. “This legislation does not ensure that there would be maternity coverage or any other types of coverage that Iowans are looking for when they purchase insurance,” Petersen says. Representative Marti Anderson, a Democrat from Des Moines, was a “no” vote, too.

“It leaves an awful lot of room for questions and consumer problems,” Anderson said, “and I cannot support and I cannot vote for the unknown.” Senator Bill Dotzler, a Democrat from Waterloo, opposed the bill because it does not require tracking what kind of coverage is offered and how many Iowans choose these options. “We’re going to try something that hasn’t been tried here in Iowa before and I believe we need to, as legislators, understand how this program works and if there are problems with it,” Dotzler said.

Representative Chip Baltimore, a Republican from Boone, says the bill is necessary BECAUSE OF Affordable Care Act regulations. “When you can’t underwrite for pre-existing conditions,” Baltimore says. “…When you cannot sit here and deny anybody, regardless of their condition, from any coverage and you basically just let them in and as soon as they can get treatment they can leave, without paying the premiums, it’s a disaster.”

The SENATE gave the bill final legislative approval yesterday (Tuesday) with a 37 to 11 vote.

(Radio Iowa)

Council Bluffs Police and the Emergency Services Team, along with Police negotiators, were dispatched to 114 S. 7th Street in Council Bluffs, late Tuesday evening, for a wanted party who has been reported to be armed and in possession of body armor. Officers developed information to believe the subject, 21-year old Ozzie Palen, of Council Bluffs, was inside of an apartment.

Shortly after 8-p.m., Officers secured the apartment and the Emergency Services Team was activated, along with police negotiators. After a short negotiation, Palen surrendered to police without incident. Seven other people inside of the apartment were questioned and released.

Palen was arrested on a warrant for Domestic Abuse, an aggravated misdemeanor. The scene was being processed by the Criminal Investigation Division. The incident took about 1 and ½ hours to peacefully resolve.